American Can Opens L. A. Laboratory
New Los Angeles branch laboratory will serve Southern California’s packing and canning industry and begin operations by July 20. Paul E. Alexander will head the LA unit, a Nevada graduate who joined American Can in 1926 and previously worked at the San Francisco lab. The plant also produces fruit juice and vegetable containers and fiber milk containers.
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New York
American Can Company
Los Angeles
California
James A. Stewart
Stewart
Paul E. Alexander
San Francisco
University of Nevada
Alexander
Maywood
Ill
Southern California Sets War Bond Record in Seventh Drive
The Seventh War Loan Drive totaled 814 million dollars in Southern California, surpassing the quota by 352 million and setting an all time high. Treasury official Robert Moulton praised volunteers and noted the campaign ran after V E Day as Japan war efforts continued.
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California
Robert H. Moulton
Treasury War Finance Committee
Japan
Moulton
Handy scraper from bottle caps and wood stick
A simple improvised tool uses three bottle caps attached to a short wood stick to act as a fish scaler. The makeshift implement demonstrates inventive reuse of common items for practical kitchen tasks.
Post and Wave Want Ads Get Results Try Them
A compact notice touts the Post and Wave want ads as effective, urging readers to place classified listings to reach buyers and renters. It highlights quick attention and broad reach across the publication's audience.
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POST
WAVE
World This Week highlights from wartime week recap
The period reports Allied air supremacy with nine Japanese planes downed per loss, Navy and Marine pilots claiming 2800 enemy planes in Q1, and details on aircraft carriers and Okinawa combat. It also notes a California tax repeal appeal by highway carriers, IRA conspiracy arrests, Irish politics, and Britain’s secret Eta weather center guiding D-Day planning and daily 8000 forecasts.
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Artemus L. Gates
Navy
Navy Air Force
Okinawa
Marine Corps
California
Warren
State Capitol
Col. J. Monroe Johnson
Office of Defense Transportation
Farm Bureau Federation
Teamsters Union
State Chamber of Commerce
Irish Republican Army
de Valera
Sean McCool
Outlaw Army
IRA
Germany
Britain
England
Ireland
Hitler
Staton
Europe
Hisenhower
Eta
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Louise Morrell
Louise
Ocean Ave
Seal Beach
S Aiydy CO
Arachute Infantry
Kay E. Eubanks
la Grange
N. C
Dutch New Guinea
Eubanks
War Bonds
U. S. Treasury Department
Pacific
Southern Counties Gas Company
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